30 July 2009

Miro frequently makes this wHingy face lately, when he wants to make a point
That he's not happy about something.
This time, it's being unreasonably forced
To sit in his highchair while he eats his dinner...

But lo and behold! Regard the transformation
When we move him from highchair to hammock!

29 July 2009

Mummy and Miro trial an early morning visit to the Pirate Ship.
Miro stands on top of the turret and when other kids finally arrive
Watches them from his post.

28 July 2009

Miro likes sausages!
Sometimes eating them, sometimes using them as a bendy stick to hit things with.

27 July 2009

Miro loves the house in the Daintree!
He won't go!

Miro in one of his increasingly-frequent lie-down protests.

(Note: he doesn't throw himself down. He lies gently down and *then* wails or wHinges!)

26 July 2009

The weather may be gray and rainy
But sand is always sandy
And Daddy always handy!

After a morning of blissful boatride
(Or rather, delightful engine-roar)
Miro squeals with happiness
When he gets to knock down five perfect sandcastles
As Daddy has a massage
And the chill settles in on the coast.

25 July 2009

Family portrait on the grass
In the gardens of Daddy's birthday hideaway
In the mystical Daintree...

24 July 2009

Miro refuses to wear his hat to the beach.

Accordingly, Mummy went to town with the sunblock

And there was even some left over 

To make a cute little cockatoo out of him.

23 July 2009

On the way to Muddy's, Mummy gets distracted

By a soft expanse of sand, and two spreading trees.

So the two stop on the low-tide bay for sandwiches

Where the wind pics up, the seagulls eat only cheese,

And Miro makes Mummy worse than Mona Lisa

Watching for crocodiles in the mudflats.

22 July 2009

After a slightly wHingy 24 hours (but nothing out of the ordinary...)

Miro surprises us with TWO new teeth on the bottom row.

At once! Just like the last two bottom 'uns.

And we thought he was going to be a four-toothed monster pour toujours...

21 July 2009

Dinnertime with Daddy is so funny!

20 July 2009

Miro washes away the cares of the day in his beloved bubblebath.

 

19 July 2009

"Bartender, hand me a (ginger) beer!"

Miro becomes acquainted with a genuine bush pub at Irvinebank.

18 July 2009

Mmmm... the fresh aromatic smell
Of Babycino grounds in the morning...

17 July 2009

Curiosity gets the better of Miro at the Cairns Show.

16 July 2009

At Djarragun for the day, we photograph cane fields

Then spend the day going up and down staircases

Blowing raspberries on the cafeteria glass

And snoozing on the summery grass. 

15 July 2009

Daddy suggests an evening BBQ

Where a little girl takes photos of Miro, 

And the sunset falls across Cairns.

14 July 2009

Miro watches the birds every day

But today, he learns to throw them his bread

And wait quietly while they come to eat before him.

13 July 2009

Miro shares a shower with his Daddy.

12 July 2009

On a day where boredom reigns
We take a family trip to the carwash.... for fun!

Miro is clearly thrilled by the experience :)

11 July 2009

At a family BBQ lunch

Miro is the King of Backtalk when he's on the play equipment!

Later, Miro whiles away peaceful hours as a nudist at Ellis Beach.

10 July 2009

Nanny requested a photo of Miro eating watermelon
Because he loves it so !

(And because we love Nanny so, here it is!)

9 July 2009

Miro is enamored by the giant bath boat that Aunty Sloane sends in the mail...
Could life be any better than this?

8 July 2009

Chatterbox at the Lagoon.

Miro's arch-mission today is to jump on the giant "sand wall"
That three older boys have made.

We make a rival castle, but the boys finally leave their fortress to us,
And Miro jumps on it gleefully, with barely a nod to the vanquished.

7 July 2009

Breakfast time and Daddy cuddles...

6 July 2009

Lunchtime at Muddy's sees Miro mingling with the big kids
And consecutively crying and waving when it's time to go

5 July 2009

Miro loves the beach.

Here we are at 4 Mile Beach on the weekend.

4 July 2009

In Port Douglas for the weekend,
The family walks to the Beach Shack for dinner.

3 July 2009

At the lagoon, our trusty adventurer keeps disappearing into the crowds of people
With nary a look behind him.

2 July 2009

On noticing that Miro does a wee before getting into the bath
A perhaps-preemptive attempt is made to potty train him.

Miro's favourite response to the potty?
Turn it over and play with it upside down.

1 July 2009

Miro's favourite place to be
Is anywhere where there are other kids.

And if he gets to drive a Wiggles boat, too...
Well that's even better!

30 June 2009

After noticing a lull in the room,
Mummy walks in to find Miro
The proud discoverer of a Salada stash
And munching it to crumbs...

29 June 2009

Miros first day at Daycare.
Interested by all the new toys, he barely looks around when we leave
But Mummy sobs in the hallway...

28 June 2009

Miro, Mummy and Daddy visit the Mind-Body-Soul Festival at Tank.
Where Mummy and Daddy have Shiatsu, and Miro eats pappadums.

27 June 2009

The morning of our early-morning flight back to Cairns

When sheets must be put away, rubbish snuck into bins,
and the house shut up for a temporary new family.